Brene Brown Quotes

An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.

You develop courage by acting courageously whenever you feel like acting otherwise.

I meet my fears with excitement. They are an excuse to be courageous.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

To me, Fearless is not the absense of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

We may feel fear but we do not have to give in to it. We can do whatever we need and want to do, even if we have to "do it afraid." Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of fear.

Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

Without fear there cannot be courage.

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

Courage means to keep making forward progress while you still feel afraid!

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

By boldness great fears are cancealed.

You cannot be brave without fear.

Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.

Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear.